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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Machine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would manufacturing do for America, in Coxe's estimation?
(a) Unify the electorate.
(b) Drive western expansion.
(c) Ensure independence.
(d) Generate wealth.

2. What was the opposite of Barlowe's experience in his travels?
(a) Storms and primitive land.
(b) Sparse resources and unsafe territory.
(c) Political intrigue.
(d) Rocky soil and harsh laws.

3. What did Hawthorne describe in the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Living in the woods.
(b) Indian wars.
(c) A whale hunt.
(d) A reverie in the woods.

4. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?
(a) During the French Revolution.
(b) At colonization.
(c) At the Revolution.
(d) At the Industrial Revolution.

5. What was Daniel Webster's take on industrialism?
(a) He used it to his profit.
(b) He lamented the changing structure of society.
(c) He embraced the new power.
(d) He loathed the railroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat to the country's moral superiority had developed by Jefferson's time?

2. What kinds of machines especially did Americans welcome at the end of the 18th century?

3. What was the American response to steam power in Britain?

4. What did Daniel Webster believe the railroad would do for America?

5. How many Americans lived on farms by the end of the 19th century?

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